Bedside table



W. PORTER BEDSIDE TABLE Filed pee. 1, 1924 IN VEN TOR,

Walter Po rter 1 ATTORNEY.

Fatented May ll, 1926.

UNETED STATES WALTER PORTER, O13 GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA.

BEDSIDE TABLE.

Application filed December My invention relates to hospital or sickroom appliances and more particularly to an adjustable table adapted for attachment to one side of a bed.

One object of my invention is to provide an apparatus which may be attached to the side of a bed and which may be adjusted to a height convenient for use as a table or as a rest or support for an invalid occupying the bed.

Another object is to provide a device of the character described which may be lowered or folded down at the side of the bed when not in use, so as to be out of the way.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter and while I show herewith and will describe a preferred form of construction, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit my invention to such preferred form but that various changes and adaptations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention as hereinafter claimed.

Referring to the drawings which accompany this specification and form a part thereof:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view of a bed having the preferred form of my bedside table attached to its side.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bedside table by itself.

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the bedside table shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view in end elevation of the bedside table shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In detail, as indicated by reference numerals, the table consists of a top-piece 10, preferably triangular in general form and made of wood or like material, and ampporting rail 11 extending along the outer side 12 and the head-end 13 thereof at a uniformly spaced distance from the edges. The outer corner of the top-piece is preferably rounded as at 14.

A tubular leg-piece 15, with a boss 16 on its lower end, in which a thumb screw 17 is rested, is fixed to rail 11 under rounded corner of top-piece 10 and an extension piece 18, terminating in afoot disc 19, is adapted to telescope within leg-piece 15 and to be held in any desired position of extension by thumbscrew 17.

Brackets 20 and 2 1 are fixed to rail 11 ends, respectively, and adjacent to its in- 1, 1924. Serial No. 753,116.

ner edge 22, which extends along the bedside. Relatively short leg-pieces 23 and 24 are pivotally connected to brackets 20 and 21 respectively, the common axis of the pivot pins being parallel to edge 22 of top-piece 10. Clamps 25 and 26 are slidably mounted on leg-pieces 23 and 24, respectively. These clamps consist of sleeves 27 loosely fitting the leg-pieces and having screw threaded bosses 28 through which extend thumbscrews 29 and engage said leg pieces so as to hold the sleeves from slipping thereon when tightened.

A plate 30, extending at right angles to sleeve 27 and made integral therewith is adapted to rest on the side rail 31 of a bed 32, said plate terminating in a hook 33, adapted to engage an inner edge of the side rail 31, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

The table thus arranged is adapted to be adjusted to fit bedsteads of different heights and may be attached thereto as shown in Fig. 1. In the form described it may be used as an invalids table for holding victuals, medicine and the like.

It may, however, be modified to serve as a support or rest for invalids with special ailments by providing an aperture 34, preferably elliptical in form, through top-piece 10. In this form it may be used by in valids who are subject to vomiting, or to bleeding from nose or mouth after operations, or to any form of illness in which there is a discharge from the nose or mouth. A pail 35, or other vessel, may be placed under the table, directly below aperture 34, to receive such discharge.

By raising the appliance to an elevated position wherein the leg-pieces 23 and 24 are gripped near their lower ends by the clamping devices thereon, room is provided for a persons lower limbs between the toppiece 10 and the bed rail 31, so that an invalid may partake of food at the table while seated on the bed.

"When not in use the extensible leg comprising parts 15 and 18 may be telescoped to its shortest length and the table as a whole may be turned on pivoted legs 23 and 24 and folded down beside the bed.

It will be seen that my bedside table thus illustrated and described is not only useful and convenient for the purposes intended but that it is also sanitary.

I therefore claim as my invention:

1. A bedside table comprising a triangular top-piece, an extensible leg rigidly fixed under one corner of said top-piece, a pair 01 relatively short legs pivotally attached to the other corners of said top-piece 011 the underside thereof, and adjustable means for securing said pair of relatively short legs to the side rail of a bedstead.

2. A bedside table comprising a top-piece, an extensible leg under one corner of said top-piece, a pair of legs pivotally attached to the side of said top-piece opposite the first mentioned leg, and means to secure said pair of legs aidjust'ably t0 the side rail of a bedstead, .said means being adapted to support said table at a suflicient height above the bed to provide leg room between said top piece and bed rail.

3.- A bed-side table comprising vertically adjustable supporting means independent of the bed in combination with a pair of legs provided with means foradjustable attachment to the bed at various heights with relation to the bed.

WALTER PORTER. 

